Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-26
replaced the earth and brush and made

replaced the earth and brush and made
 a record Tor qnIek time homevsrd, Arriving Gt Tucson their specimens of
 gold were shown to the public. Messrs.
 Shss. Q. Brown. Grant Gary. Wm. s Oury, Hiram 5. Stevens, Samuel Hughe-,
 A. Lazard and others Oi Our best ci,i-
 @enS can vCCch for tl truth Of he mar
 VeIous richness of the ore. Some large
 chunks were so studded with bright z n
 mat plE head could pot 'cIch tEe
 quartz between the beads of precious
 metal. There was enough for EH, and
 great tortunss were antIcIp Do s1 Sy those
 Sho were to participate 10 The Lew Fl
 Dorado.
 But lime was not yet ready or will
 lng to reveal the earth's rich treasures
 to mankind, and ths inevl.z1s @ sip be-
 tSixt cup and lip could not have inter.
 Nened more iuOpportuuely. In Feb raary 1851. an army officer provoked an
 OUTBREAK OF THE APACHEs,
 and in less than week afterwards the whole country swarmed with the bl0oi- thirsty dtmOns. Page and h.s com PHnions were killed a, C5i1n dc OsO. and many victims to Indian cruelty fell even close to the limits Cf Tuc41u. Nc one wGs safe if he ventured outside of the city and terror reiguei every where,
 Old Yuma feared a raid by thc Apaches ID the Papago country, and Co ave he cattle he went Cu. aud gathered them together tO drive them into i,.e city. Al nooLtlme, while resting under a mesquite tree, be Tell asleep, sa9 Lis PapaCO y1qnrrOs then hell H clurc (. | They argued that Yuma was friend Of 1 the Apaches. who were a. var with tIc 1 PapagOs, and was s trader among lhsr. he Lad come to take gEGy bis cattle | and 1t was ev dent tO them that be l had planned m invasion of their -uCu- [ try by the Apachgs. He pre;euJ, q g | friendship for the PapEScF, lut v6s | 6n enemy and spy, and as he had | many good cattle thst the Indians 1 wanted. he must Gia. Thereupoa ;hey | took clubs and beat ou. his b.GIEs Cs l he lay sleeping under the friendly | shades Of tho mesquite, and th4, Eas the last of poor old Yuma.
 The secret Of 'he gold minc ~az then ID the sole possession oi Gen. Walker. but the continued Indian War rendered it impossible for him to avail himss li of the knowlsdge ke had obtained. lie was feeble man physically. and ID 1865 be saccumbed to thaisl1T but sure mslady-cOnsumption. Before dying. however, he gave 10 his room mate, John Sweeney, c blGcEsmiih,
 COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCALITY of the great mine, but Swseney's brnin was in chaotic condition from his for bad wbiskey. and he natur- lily got things somewhat mixed. After he funeral Sweeney told Mir Chas. O. Brown all he knew of the locality. and IS Sweeney died shortly afterwards ID Florence, Mir. Brown now has the near sst approach 10 a knowledge ot the To- .ality of any living person. He once at ( empted so v.sit the place, but was taken ( Il with an acute kidney trouble before ( eaching the place, and the heroic rem .dy applied. Of bag oi wet hot ashes ( Ipplied to his back, SO nearly killed [ i'm that he was brought back to the | ity and suffered months of illness. He C las since intended several times to -isit the place, but some obstacle has as S iten intervened. He believes he can , ind 1t by judicIous search. He knows | he trail near which it is located, and ID n a eS weeks he will make another effort to T each the wonderful spot where gold can I 'e hewn out with an axe.